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ἕλειος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἕλειος ἕλειον

Structure: ἑλει (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: e(/los

Sense

  1. of the marsh or meadow, of the meads
  2. growing or dwelling in the marsh

Declension

First/Second declension
M/F Neuter
SingularNominative έ̔λειος έ̔λειον
Genitive ἑλείου ἑλείου
Dative ἑλείῳ ἑλείῳ
Accusative έ̔λειον έ̔λειον
Vocative έ̔λειε έ̔λειον
DualN/A/V ἑλείω ἑλείω
G/D ἑλείοιν ἑλείοιν
PluralNominative έ̔λειοι έ̔λεια
Genitive ἑλείων ἑλείων
Dative ἑλείοις ἑλείοις
Accusative ἑλείους έ̔λεια
Vocative έ̔λειοι έ̔λεια
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective έ̔λειος ἑλείου ἑλειώτερος ἑλειωτέρου ἑλειώτατος ἑλειωτάτου
Adverb ἑλείως ἑλειώτερον ἑλειώτατα

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • "οὗτοι καὶ ἕλειοι καὶ ὄρειοι καλοῦνται. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 2, book 2, chapter 52130)
  • ποδωκέστατοι μὲν οὖν εἰσιν οἱ ὄρειοι, οἱ πεδινοὶ δὲ ἧττον, βραδύτατοι δὲ οἱ ἕλειοι· (Xenophon, Minor Works, , chapter 5 21:2)
  • ἕλειοι δ’ εἰσὶν οὗτοι καὶ ἰχθυοφάγοι, διαιτώμενοι παραπλησίωσ τοῖσ κατὰ τὴν Γεδρωσίαν. (Strabo, Geography, book 16, chapter 1 40:20)
  • παροικοῦσι δὲ τούτοισ οἱ ῥιζοφάγοι καὶ ἕλειοι προσαγορευόμενοι διὰ τὸ ἐκ τοῦ παρακειμένου ῥιζοτομοῦντασ ἕλουσ κόπτειν λίθοισ καὶ ἀναπλάττειν μάζασ, ἡλιάσαντασ δὲ σιτεῖσθαι· (Strabo, Geography, book 16, chapter 4 18:1)

Synonyms

  1. growing or dwelling in the marsh

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Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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